The Naruto [Secret: Scroll of Fighting] Character Official Databook (NARUTO-ナルト-[秘伝・闘の書]キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, NARUTO [Hiden: Tō no Sho] Kyarakutā Ofisharu DētaBOOK) is the third of the supplementary guidebooks on the Naruto series authored by Masashi Kishimoto. It is the second of three databooks.

It was first published on 9th April 2005 and roughly covers volumes fourteen through twenty-seven. It was published as part of the Jump Comics line by Shueisha, under publisher Kazuhiko Torishima. Its ISBN is 4-08-873734-2 and it has 317 pages.

Contents

Contents

The contents of this book consist of detailed character profiles, articles on individual techniques and the mechanics behind them, information on several groups and missions, concept art and information on the development of several characters and scenes, a glossary with concepts from the series, several coloured images, and an omake chapter.

Trivia

The names of the guidebooks come a from a kuji-in: a collection of nine hand postures used in meditation. These kuji-in have found their way into ninja folklore as a kind of magic spells. The kuji-in the guidebooks were named after is Rin-pyō-tō-sha-kai-jin-retsu-zai-zen (臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前), with the Tō no Sho being named after the Third.